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T&F athletes garner SLC academic honors
6/29/2021 2:05:00 PM | Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
T&F athletes garner SLC academic honors
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FRISCO — The Sam Houston men's and women's track and field teams placed eight student-athletes on the 2021 indoor and outdoor Southland Conference All-Academic teams, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Clayton Fritsch, Denzel Downing, Eric Callaway and Andrew Bosquez were all selected to the men's team, and Allie Angelo, Sandy Clarkin, Halie Daniel and Rebeca Gonzalez were named to the women's team.
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Fritsch, who made the Dean's List in the fall, placed first in the pole vault at the SLC Indoor Championships to earn first-team all-conference recognition and finished seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn first-team All-America honors. He placed second at the SLC Outdoor Championships to land on the all-conference second team and took fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to once again earn first-team All-America honors.
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Callaway, who made the Dean's List in the fall, and Downing ran on the Bearkats' 4x100-meter relay team that placed 22nd at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships which earned them honorable mention All-America honors. The relay also placed seventh at the SLC Outdoor Championships.
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Bosquez won the 1,500-meter run at the 2021 SLC Outdoor Championships to earn first-team all-conference honors. He placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run and seventh in the 5,000 at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships.
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Daniel made the President's List and the Dean's List as a graduate student in the fall. She was third in the shot put at the Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, and she placed fifth in the weight throw.
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Gonzalez, who made the Presiden't List in the fall, placed seventh in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the distance medley relay at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships.
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Angelo, who made the Dean's List in the fall, placed fifth in the pentathlon at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships. She placed sixth in the heptathlon at the 2021 SLC Outdoor Championships.
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Clarkin made the President's and Dean's List in the fall. She placed sixth in the 800-meter run at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships and placed eighth in the 800 at the 2021 SLC Outdoor Championships.
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The all-academic teams are voted on by head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance staff members from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA and have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for all-academic selection.
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year: Franck DiSanza, Southeastern Louisiana
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year: Natashia Jackson, Northwestern State
2021 Southland Conference Men's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
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2020 Southland Conference Women's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
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*Â Automatic selection
2Â Two-time all-academic selection
3Â Three-time all-academic selection
4Â Four-time all-academic selection
^Â Student-Athlete of the Year
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FRISCO — The Sam Houston men's and women's track and field teams placed eight student-athletes on the 2021 indoor and outdoor Southland Conference All-Academic teams, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Clayton Fritsch, Denzel Downing, Eric Callaway and Andrew Bosquez were all selected to the men's team, and Allie Angelo, Sandy Clarkin, Halie Daniel and Rebeca Gonzalez were named to the women's team.
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Fritsch, who made the Dean's List in the fall, placed first in the pole vault at the SLC Indoor Championships to earn first-team all-conference recognition and finished seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn first-team All-America honors. He placed second at the SLC Outdoor Championships to land on the all-conference second team and took fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to once again earn first-team All-America honors.
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Callaway, who made the Dean's List in the fall, and Downing ran on the Bearkats' 4x100-meter relay team that placed 22nd at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships which earned them honorable mention All-America honors. The relay also placed seventh at the SLC Outdoor Championships.
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Bosquez won the 1,500-meter run at the 2021 SLC Outdoor Championships to earn first-team all-conference honors. He placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run and seventh in the 5,000 at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships.
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Daniel made the President's List and the Dean's List as a graduate student in the fall. She was third in the shot put at the Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, and she placed fifth in the weight throw.
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Gonzalez, who made the Presiden't List in the fall, placed seventh in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the distance medley relay at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships.
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Angelo, who made the Dean's List in the fall, placed fifth in the pentathlon at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships. She placed sixth in the heptathlon at the 2021 SLC Outdoor Championships.
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Clarkin made the President's and Dean's List in the fall. She placed sixth in the 800-meter run at the 2021 SLC Indoor Championships and placed eighth in the 800 at the 2021 SLC Outdoor Championships.
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The all-academic teams are voted on by head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance staff members from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA and have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for all-academic selection.
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year: Franck DiSanza, Southeastern Louisiana
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year: Natashia Jackson, Northwestern State
2021 Southland Conference Men's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
| Name | School | Cl. | GPA | Major |
| Jack Marshall | Abilene Christian | Jr. | 3.67 | Management |
| Jared Hamilton3 | Central Arkansas | Gr. | 4.00 | M.B.A. |
| Jaron Hamilton* | Central Arkansas | Gr. | 3.50 | Master's, Sport Management |
| Zachary Jewell*2 | Central Arkansas | Sr. | 4.00 | Master's, Geo Info System |
| Scott Boon*2 | Houston Baptist | Jr. | 3.85 | International Business |
| Ben Drew* | Houston Baptist | Sr. | 3.66 | Finance |
| Garrett Gibson | Houston Baptist | Jr. | 3.26 | Accounting |
| Hudson Hall | Houston Baptist | Sr. | 3.64 | Psychology |
| Denim Rogers* | Houston Baptist | Gr. | 4.00 | Master's, Sports Management |
| Parker Barrett | UIW | So. | 3.86 | Criminal Justice |
| Matthew Hernandez2 | UIW | Jr. | 3.74 | Sports Management |
| Cash Kunkel | UIW | So. | 3.97 | Business Administration |
| Rodney Littlejohn4 | UIW | Gr. | 3.93 | Master's, Kinesiology |
| Matthew Arnold3 | Lamar | Gr. | 3.58 | English |
| Eli Peveto | Lamar | Gr. | 4.00 | Computer Science |
| Gideon Cheplak* | McNeese | Jr. | 3.07 | Applied & Natural Sciences |
| Henry Kiplagat | McNeese | Sr. | 3.58 | General Studies |
| Cade Litolff | New Orleans | So. | 3.71 | Chemistry |
| Alec Snell* | New Orleans | So. | 3.51 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Destine Scott | Northwestern State | Jr. | 3.20 | General Studies |
| Quindarrius Thompson | Northwestern State | Gr. | 4.00 | Master's, Homeland Security |
| Andrew Bosquez* | Sam Houston | Sr. | 3.02 | Sociology |
| Eric Callaway | Sam Houston | Sr. | 3.12 | Electronics & Computer Engineering |
| Denzel Downing | Sam Houston | Sr. | 3.17 | Communications |
| Clayton Fritsch*2 | Sam Houston | Sr. | 3.31 | Construction Management |
| Anthony Cordero | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | 3.14 | Engineering Technology |
| Stevon Crooks | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | 3.00 | Business Administration |
| Thomas Daigle | Southeastern Louisiana | So. | 3.78 | History |
| Frank DiSanza*^ | Southeastern Louisiana | So. | 3.74 | Computer Science |
| D.J. Ruffin* | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | 3.05 | Sociology |
| Slavko Stevic* | Southeastern Louisiana | So. | 3.93 | Computer Science |
| Trenton Bridges* | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | 3.00 | Kinesiology |
| Branson Ellis*2 | Stephen F. Austin | Jr. | 3.20 | Agricultural Engineering Technology |
| Asani Hylton* | Stephen F. Austin | Jr. | 3.10 | Health Science |
| Muzuri Mattar* | Stephen F. Austin | Jr. | 3.20 | Health Science |
| Cord Neal | Stephen F. Austin | Jr. | 4.00 | Animal Science |
| Timor Barrett | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | 3.44 | Kinesiology |
| Dennis Kipngeno | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | So. | 3.53 | Pre-Nursing |
| Keenan Lawrence | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Jr. | 3.73 | Accounting |
2020 Southland Conference Women's Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team
| Name | School | Cl. | GPA | Major |
| Ella Antilla* | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.67 | Psychology |
| Payton Kirk | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.80 | Engineering |
| Irene Rono* | Abilene Christian | Jr. | 3.51 | Nursing |
| Zoe Spinn*2 | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.78 | Nursing |
| Taylor Tolen*2 | Abilene Christian | Sr. | 3.67 | Kinesiology |
| Ajah Criner*3 | Central Arkansas | Sr. | 3.76 | Athletic Training |
| Tamara Reeves | Central Arkansas | So. | 4.00 | Undecided |
| Tyler Rose | Central Arkansas | Jr. | 3.83 | Health Education |
| Jessica Rabius* | Houston Baptist | Jr. | 3.90 | Kinesiology |
| Kaitlin Smith*3 | Houston Baptist | Gr. | 4.00 | Kinesiology-Sports Management |
| Maryn DeMaio | UIW | So. | 3.45 | Marketing |
| Madison Henry2 | UIW | Gr. | 4.00 | M.B.A. |
| Deja Keys | UIW | Gr. | 4.00 | MAA – Criminal Justice |
| Alisa Novosad2 | UIW | Jr. | 4.00 | Rehabilitative Sciences |
| Erekha Sebastion | UIW | Sr. | 3.43 | Elementary Education |
| Sullivan Wilke | UIW | So. | 3.89 | Rehabilitative Sciences |
| Parl Eelma | Lamar | So. | 3.61 | Graphic Design |
| Alanna Arvie*4 | McNeese | Gr. | 4.00 | HHP-Exercise Physiology |
| Malayia Jedkins2 | McNeese | Jr. | 3.13 | Health Systems Management |
| Grace McKenzie* | McNeese | Gr. | 4.00 | HHP – Exercise Physiology & Health Promotion |
| Jemira Thomlinson | McNeese | Gr. | 3.14 | M.B.A. |
| Arina Kleshchukova2 | New Orleans | Jr. | 3.81 | Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Admin. |
| Allie Louis | New Orleans | Sr. | 3.62 | Human Perf. & Health Promotion |
| Shamarah Shannon | New Orleans | So. | 3.33 | Human Perf. & Health Promotion |
| Chelsea Harrington* | Nicholls | Jr. | 3.13 | Psychology |
| Elsa Rijpstra | Nicholls | So. | 4.00 | Allied Health Sciences |
| Annemarie Broussard*2 | Northwestern State | Jr. | 3.63 | Health & Exercise Science |
| Natashia Jackson^*2 | Northwestern State | Gr. | 4.00 | Homeland Security |
| Kristin McDuffie | Northwestern State | Gr. | 3.05 | Sports Administration |
| Janiel Moore* | Northwestern State | Sr. | 3.30 | Psychology |
| Jasmyn Steels*4 | Northwestern State | Gr. | 3.63 | Sports Administration |
| Allie Angelo | Sam Houston | Sr. | 3.44 | Kinesiology |
| Sandy Clarkin2 | Sam Houston | Jr. | 3.96 | Kinesiology |
| Halie Daniel | Sam Houston | Gr. | 3.97 | Homeland Security |
| Rebeca Gonzalez2 | Sam Houston | Gr. | 4.00 | M.B.A. |
| Sophie Daigle | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | 3.28 | Kinesiology |
| Indya Jackson | Southeastern Louisiana | So. | 3.35 | Biology |
| Grace Walford | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | 3.95 | Elementary Special Education |
| Charlotte Wissing* | Southeastern Louisiana | Sr. | 3.66 | Marketing |
| Kaylee Bizzell2 | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | 3.70 | Nursing |
| Mathilde Coquillaud-Salomon* | Stephen F. Austin | So. | 3.80 | Kinesiology |
| Avery Ellis-Byerly2 | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | 4.00 | Kinesiology |
| Nissi Kabongo* | Stephen F. Austin | So. | 3.40 | Psychology |
| Brianna Nolen | Stephen F. Austin | Jr. | 3.40 | Health Science |
| Kelsey Ramirez*3 | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | 3.85 | Kinesiology |
*Â Automatic selection
2Â Two-time all-academic selection
3Â Three-time all-academic selection
4Â Four-time all-academic selection
^Â Student-Athlete of the Year
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